Although abruptly leaving their host carried some risk for the three Upper Cultivator Soul Fragments, the risk was limited.
But Jiang Pu and Yang Xuancang stood so close together, and neither had reached Dao Entry. The entire transfer might take less than a blink, making the risk negligible.
As beings from the Upper Realm, the three Treading-Void Split Souls sharing this Ascendant Will were also supremely confident in their ability to conceal themselves.
In their view, even if a Yang Clan cultivator of the Path Enlightenment Realm was watching and noticed something amiss with Jiang Pu, that cultivator could never detect them.
Even if a Yang Clan cultivator appeared afterward, they would already be hidden deep within Yang Xuancang's soul. No amount of searching would uncover the slightest trace.
An instant before they reached Yang Xuancang's body, their irrepressible joy peaked.
In that moment, the three Treading-Void Split Souls were already imagining the day they completed their mission and returned to report. They would rise another step in Heavenly Sea; even if they could not become True Immortals, they could still strive for the title of True Lord.
Then they would finally join the ranks of Heavenly Sea's elite. Never again would they be Lower Cultivators in the field, invisible to the Dominion Realm Gate and liable to be sacrificed or abandoned at any moment!
Thud—
But that glorious vision lasted only a fleeting instant before a muffled impact brought it to an abrupt end.
"Hm? What happened?"
"Something's blocking us!"
"Spatial Daoist Magic... and a kind we've never seen before."
Their thoughts raced. The three Treading-Void Split Souls realized this was most likely a measure the Northwest recluse had left on the wild child.
What astonished them was that a cultivator from the Lower Realm could wield spatial Daoist